Area Forecast Discussion
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143 FXUS61 KILN 210114 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 914 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Hot and humid airmass will be in place into the weekend. A cold front will move through Sunday into Sunday night offering a brief reprieve to the heat for Monday, however 90 degree temperatures return for Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
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Surface high pressure remains overhead tonight along with an upper level ridge. Calm, clear conditions are expected once diurnal cumulus fades away during the first half of the night with loss of instability. Some surface fog/mist could form late overnight with the humid, stagnant airmass in place. Forecast lows are in the lower 70s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY/... Hot and humid conditions will once again be in place for Friday. Heat index values will once again be around 100 and therefore continued the heat advisory. There will once again be some pop up showers and thunderstorms on Friday primarily across northern portions of the area north of Interstate 70. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Mid and upper level ridge to retrograde west and flatten some - stretching from the southern Plains thru the Ohio Valley Saturday. The threat for isolated to scattered storms will persist around the periphery of the ridge mainly north of ILN/s area on Saturday. Continued hot temperatures Saturday, and perhaps the hottest of this heat wave. However, with dew points forecast to be in the mid to upper 60s, max forecast heat indices top out around 100, in the advisory range. Progressive mid level short wave to track across the northern Plains and then move through the upper Great Lakes on Sunday, continuing eastward into New England Monday. This will allow a surface cold front to track southeast across the region late Sunday into Sunday night. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the front. Instability looks to be firmly in the moderate category with unidirectional shear and bulk shear values around 20 kts. Shear is not overly impressive but DCAPE values around 1000 J/KG supports the potential for strong to damaging winds with a few of the stronger storms. Surface high pressure will build in for Monday and pass quickly to the east on Tuesday allowing for a quick return to southerly flow. This high will offer a dry period of weather and cooler - near normal temperatures with highs in the middle and upper 80s Monday. Temperatures return to the lower 90s on Tuesday. However, drier air will remain in place with dew points in the lower to middle 60s limits max heat indices close to the actual temperatures. Model solution timing differences exist regarding the arrival of the next threat for showers and thunderstorms. Have held off pcpn until late Tuesday night with an increasing threat as we head into Wednesday with the approach of the next shortwave. Northwesterly mid level flow and surface high pressure offer drier and cooler weather for Thursday with highs generally in the mid and upper 80s. && .AVIATION /01Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... VFR ceilings are expected for the TAF period. Only some diurnal cumulus is expected Friday afternoon. MVFR visibility reductions will be possible late tonight/early Friday morning due to some isolated BR/FG. Any BR should mix out shortly after 1200z. Winds will be light and variable through 1200z Friday. Light westerly winds increase to 5-10 knots Friday afternoon. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms possible on Sunday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Saturday for OHZ026-034-035- 042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088. KY...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Saturday for KYZ089>100. IN...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Saturday for INZ050-058-059-066- 073>075-080. && $$ SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...Campbell SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...Campbell